Just thinking... I noted today that Huffington Post now requires you use your Facebook ID to make a comment. I hesitated about six seconds and then said "ok, why not" but then the next thing HP told me was that they would have full access to my friends list among other things.

I think it's terrible, but I wouldn't even care to read the Huffington Post anyway. But, thanks for the info.

Pike, at one time, tried to check me out. Googled my name etc. and came up with some company here in Oregon that had nothing to do with me at all. I had no idea what the association was, but I let him believe it was me, when in reality it was nothing. I'll bet that when he found this out, it must have pizzed him off.

by happenstance, i have a totally different username here than the one i use for the rest of my online activity which (being a child of the times) is quite large. Now that i've met pike, i am pretty happy that happened. It's not that i have anything to hide (i am pretty open about myself to anyone who asks) but i just find it extremely offputting that some creeper would be googling my handle to find out i played neopets when i was 7 and try to use that in an attempt to prove i am a troll or closet yankee fan.

so while in most circumstances, if i had to link my facebook page to an online application i wouldn't have a problem but this is the exception. again, because of phychos like Piker.

I read HP because it is tabloid and it keeps me informed about what the average idiot American is interested in

I wasn't thinking about pike only (though he actually took the time to find my HP account!), just curious if people wanted their real life photos accessible, their hometowns, etc,....

*** if you think I am bad here how do you see me behaving on HP, lol.

Enchillada, I have ths same concerns. I used to post on Politico, & enjoyed some of the back & forth. Once the switched to everything going through Facebook, I quit cold turkey. For me, the back & forth we all have here is to a large extent a bit of a game. We often take things way beyond how we would talk in mixed company. We let our hair down, & get down & dirty kicking around thde debates of the day. All too often, we all go way too far with whatever debate ws are engaged in, be they Red Sox or a good socio-political debate.

anyway..... i sure as hell would not want 90% of the hyperbole i engage in to ever end up on Facebook. I wouldn't want to have to defend any of it, as hyperbole, irony, & most out of context comments do not translate well in print.

i would likely quit posting here altogether.

I'm actually shocked that there aren't more folks fired for the stuff they "share" on Facebook. I'd be out.

by happenstance, i have a totally different username here than the one i use for the rest of my online activity which (being a child of the times) is quite large. Now that i've met pike, i am pretty happy that happened. It's not that i have anything to hide (i am pretty open about myself to anyone who asks) but i just find it extremely offputting that some creeper would be googling my handle to find out i played neopets when i was 7 and try to use that in an attempt to prove i ama troll or closet yankee fan.

so while in most circumstances, if i had to link my facebook page to an online application i wouldn't have a problem but this is the exception. again, because of phychos like Piker.

by happenstance, i have a totally different username here than the one i use for the rest of my online activity which (being a child of the times) is quite large. Now that i've met pike, i am pretty happy that happened. It's not that i have anything to hide (i am pretty open about myself to anyone who asks) but i just find it extremely offputting that some creeper would be googling my handle to find out i played neopets when i was 7 and try to use that in an attempt to prove i ama troll or closet yankee fan.

so while in most circumstances, if i had to link my facebook page to an online application i wouldn't have a problem but this is the exception. again, because of phychos like Piker.

AHA!!!!!...i knew it!!!

seriously though, i agree...some of us have actually undergone and survived a potential "pike-ing" ...

by happenstance, i have a totally different username here than the one i use for the rest of my online activity which (being a child of the times) is quite large. Now that i've met pike, i am pretty happy that happened. It's not that i have anything to hide (i am pretty open about myself to anyone who asks) but i just find it extremely offputting that some creeper would be googling my handle to find out i played neopets when i was 7 and try to use that in an attempt to prove i ama troll or closet yankee fan.

so while in most circumstances, if i had to link my facebook page to an online application i wouldn't have a problem but this is the exception. again, because of phychos like Piker.

AHA!!!!!...i knew it!!!

seriously though, i agree...some of us have actually undergone and survived a potential "pike-ing" ...

been there done that. which is why i am happy this is a completely different handle. it has virtually no digital footprint. piker tried to blow up my spot but didn't come up with anything accurate. still didn't stop him from posting pictures of "me" for the entire board to see. a hillbilly with "thug lyfe" tattooed on his knuckles or something stupid like that. it wasn't his best work. not even close.